Recipe: Veggie Enchiladas

I think I'm going to try this one on Thursday. I think I'm going to sub whole wheat tortillas for the corn ones, and the recipe doesn't say low-fat cheese, so I think I might sub 2% cheese. I also might put in half ground turkey or chicken for half of the spinach (I know, I know, but that's a lot of spinach).

Veggie Enchiladas- makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 packages (10 oz. each) frozen chopped spinach, thawed
• 1 ½ cups sliced mushrooms
• 1 can (15 oz.) pinto beans, rinsed and drained
• 3 tsp. chili power, divided
• ¼ tsp. red pepper flakes
• 1 can (8oz.) low sodium tomato sauce
• 2 Tbsp. water
• ½ tsp. hot pepper sauce
• 8 (8-inch) corn tortillas
• 1 cup (4oz.) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• dash of salt

Directions:

1.In a large skillet combine spinach, mushrooms, beans, 2 tsp. chili powder and red pepper flakes over medium heat.

2. Cook 5 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat.

3. Combine tomato sauce, water, remaining 1 tsp. Chili powder and pepper sauce in a pie pan. Stir.

4. Dip tortillas into tomato sauce mixture and stack on wax paper.

5. Divide spinach filling into 8 portions. Spoon onto centers of tortillas.

6. Roll up and place tortillas in microwavable dish.

7. Spread tomato mixture over enchiladas.

8. Cover dish with vented plastic wrap. Microwave at medium for about 10 minutes.

9. Sprinkle with cheese. Microwave at Medium for about 1 minute or until cheese is melted.

Nutrition per Serving: Calories 385, Total Fat 11g, Cholesterol 25mg, Sodium 741mg, Carbohydrates 55g, Dietary Fiber 2g, Protein 22g.

What Have I Been Doing?

Not too much. My evening job hours changed, and I'm working a lot more...therefore I'm working out a lot less. :( I've also been dealing with some family-related stress that made my diet take a nose-dive straight into the bottom of the sugar bowl. So this is kind of the relapse of the relapse. Or something.

As for my workout and diet log... well, I seem to be working out about 3 to 4 days a week, and eating protein for breakfast (and loads of sugar and calories for the rest of the day). So I'm not quite back at square one, but close enough for disco. Guess this means I'm not going to lose 5 lbs before Thanksgiving. Oh well. The more I tell myself it's not about losing weight, the more weight I don't lose. I think maybe I should just be honest.

Hell yeah, I want to lose 10, uh, 15, uh, 20 pounds!! I want to prance around in my skinny jeans again, and put away the fat clothes. I'd settle for pulling out the medium sized clothes. And yes, I have three wardrobes. And two of them seem to last a damn long time, because they've been in storage for over a year now. My fiancee is skinny. Even my dog is skinny. I want to be a matching set. Ok, I feel better now.

On the good side, I've got new pictures of my puppy. He's about 10 1/2 months old now.

Just Logging In

Slowly but surely, I'm getting back on track. I bumped my eating plan all the way back to Step 1 (protein with breakfast), and am working on a good workout schedule.

Sat: Workout- none, Eating- protein w/breakfast, but lots of calories and sugar.

Sun: Workout- none, Eating- same as Sat.

Mon: Workout- Ch/Ba from the 4 Day Split. 30 min walking dog. Eating- Same as Sun.

Tues: Workout- Bootcamp/Bi/Tri from the 4 Day Split. I actually threw up from all of that up and down movement (a first for me!). I'd say that it was because I was working so hard, but I was doing some serious modifications, and watching my heart rate during Bootcamp. Eating- a little better.

The next week is going to be tough to get my workouts in...I'm pulling extra hours at my part time job to cover for a co-worker.

Sigh. Shake Head. Now Listen to the Sinus Saga

Other than a couple of walks with the dog, I haven't exercised at all this week or part of last week. And the eating, well, it's been horrible. Normally I'd be all disappointed in myself, etc (well, just see my last post!), but here's the deal.

I'm sick. On Monday night I didn't get any sleep because every time I went to lie down, I had stabbing pains in my ear, my jaw, and my teeth. Tuesday I made an appointment with the doctor (since it started as an earache) for Wednesday. Tuesday night I didn't get any sleep, because now, in addition to lying down, I also had pains when sitting down. For what it's worth, I did do a lot of laundry, and I have a clean kitchen. Wednesday morning I cancelled my doctor's appointment and went to the dentist instead. And guess what.

It wasn't a tooth problem. Yippee...no root canal for me. So then I had to make another doctor appointment. Apparently, it's an incredibly packed sinus infection. I can't believe sinus stuff can hurt so much. So I'm on antibiotics and Mucinex, but I'm still in a lot of pain. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being it hurts so much I want to throw up, then cut out one half of my face so it doesn't hurt any more, I was at an 8/9, and now I'm at a bearable (but not happy) 5 with spikes into 6 and 7. And I've gotten about 4 hours of sleep, so I'm sounding kind of lucid again.

But I think my fall from workout/eating well grace since last Wed (or was it Thursday?) has been because I've been having some sinus issues that have been getting progressively worse. So it's time to regroup. Again. Sigh. Shake head. At least it wasn't a root canal.